Bill Pappas, IndyCar’s longstanding VP of competition and race engineering, has left the series. No reason was given for the split.The veteran race engineer joined IndyCar’s engineering department after working with some of the best open-wheel teams in CART and the unified IndyCar Series, which blended Champ Car and the...

The IndyCar Series has turned inward to improve the looks of the car that will replace its aging Dallara DW12 model in the coming years.Stemming from an offseason meeting held by Penske Entertainment where the parent company of the series showed team owners a rendering of the future car that...

The NTT IndyCar Series and Dallara, its official chassis supplier, are using the Spring Training test at the Thermal Club to make progress on a significant update to its cockpit head surround.Following a few hard oval crashes last year where the driver’s helmet came close to climbing over the sides...

The NTT IndyCar Series has a new rear attenuator in the works that will be implemented heading into 2023.Together, IndyCar and its official chassis supplier Dallara have developed a redesigned unit that has been commissioned to improve crushability and further reduce the forces transmitted into the cockpit in rearward impacts.“Our...

Astute IndyCar fans will notice a number of aerodynamic changes have been made available to teams for this year’s Indy 500.In the name of providing more tuning options and a modest uptick in downforce, new Gurney flaps (shown above) can be deployed on the front and rear wings. At the...

The NTT IndyCar Series has arrived at its final iteration of cockpit cooling to complement the new aeroscreen driver protection device. With the wraparound screen made by PPG and titanium frame from Pankl in position for every test session and race going forward, drivers must deal with the lack of...

IndyCar president Jay Frye sought the input of Mario Andretti, Dario Franchitti, and Rick Mears to get their thoughts on the new Red Bull Advanced Technologies Aeroscreen unveiled today at the Speedway.In individual meetings, the trio of legends -- men who’ve won eight Indianapolis 500s and championships aplenty since the...

Is the new IndyCar superspeedway wing a weird boomerang, an ineffective showpiece, or an actual downforce-producing device?“Yeah, it’s an actual wing,” said Tino Belli, IndyCar’s director of aerodynamic research.Questions on the topic have come in from fans since the device was unveiled last year, and with its unique shape, featuring...

He grew up in Wales, learned under Robin Herd at the renowned March Engineering firm that produced Formula 1, CART Indy car and IMSA GTP products, and put those design talents to use when the Verizon IndyCar Series wanted a new universal aero kit.Tino Belli, the soft-spoken designer-engineer who joined...

The 52nd Schwitzer Award, which recognizes individuals for innovation and engineering excellence in racing technology, was presented Friday to the four men who put their heads together and designed IndyCar’s universal aero kit for 2018.Dallara engineers Andrea Toso and Antonio Montanari, IndyCar’s Tino Belli and London product designer Chris Beatty...